The office of the State Attorney General / by L. L. Thomson. - With the extension of government supervision there has come a great increase in civil litigation in which the state is a party, or has a direct interest. These involve eminent...

New law clerk for state job. - Nathaniel U. Brown, formerly of Olympia and Tacoma, but for the last five years a resident of Washington, D. C., has accepted a position as law clerk in Attorney General Thompson's office. He arrived from Washington,...

Can't buy irrigation bonds. - No state funds available, rules attorney general. - While the legislature set aside $250,000 for operations for the reclamation division of the department of conservation for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 1926,...

Vindication is goal of Dunbar. - Attorney general candidate for re-election; attacked by Hartley. - Attacks by Governor Roland H. Hartley on his "integrity and ability" were given today by Attorney General John H. Dunbar as "one of the reasons" for...

Asks attorney general to take action--Says vouchers not right. - Governor lists series of alleged misdeeds in letter to Dunbar. - Governor Hartley, in a letter bristling with denunciation of "appalling conduct on the part of state officials," today...

Donley quits state job. - Assistant attorney general to enter private practice. - L. B. Donley, assistant attorney general of Washington, today resigned to enter private practice in Aberdeen. The resignation was to become effective at once.

Washington news items of interest. - Brief resume of happenings of the week collected for our readers. - In the opinion of Attorney General Hamilton, state officals who want to preserve a well groomed appearance must pay out of their own pockets...

Levy mandatory. - Counties must tax property 5 cents per pupil. - Attorney general rules. - Cannot reduce it on account of larger state contribution to schools from revenue act. - In line with a supreme court decision, Attorney General G. W....

Hamilton to run. - Attorney General G. W. Hamilton has announced he will seek reelection by being a candidate for the democratic nomination. Hamilton in 1907 was the first state representative from Benton county. He went to Prosser from Spokane...

Teachers' pay set. - School districts must in good faith endeavor to pay a minimum of $1,200 yearly to all teachers, even though this might in some instance reduce the number of teachers employed, Attorney general Hamilton held.

Named Hailton aide. - John E. Belcher resigned Wednesday as chief deputy prosecuting attorney of Pierce county to become assistant under G. W. Hamilton, state attorney general at Olympia. Belcher said he would take up his new duties Friday.

General Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio, the oldest veteran in congress, announced today that in an address he will deliver at the dedication of a soldiers' monument at Logan, Ohio, in May he intends to direct the attention of the public to the fact that...

Richard Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, W1801 Riverside, has been commissioned an ensign in the navy and appointed assistant judge advocate, with headquarters at San Diego, Cal. His commission dates from December 27.

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